History Of English

Germanic Language of

the

Indo-european family

Most spoken language

traced back to the arrival of inscription dated between 450 and 480

Their language was called Derives the word

om r f ting i r W

It was written

Th century called

in

Derived from the

was brought over from by

of

Old English

Consisted of an Base with

From the

Danish and Norse

G

Street Kitchen Cup Cheese Wine Angel Candle

av e

Like

English words

Added

Norse words

many

Like

Sky Egg Cake Leg Window Ugly Get Give Take Die

Many pairs of English and Norse words coexisted giving us two words with the same or slightly differing meanings.

N O R S E

Anger

Wrath

Nay

No

Fro

From

Raise

Near

ill

Sick

Bask

Bathe

Skill

Craft

Skin

Hide

skirt

Shirt

E N G L I S h

1066

became the language of the Norman aristocracy and added more vocabulary to English. More pairs of similar words arose.

F R E N C h

Close

Shut

Reply

answer

Adour

smell

Annual

Yearly

Demand

Ask

Chamber

Room

Desire

Wish

Power

Might

Ire

Wrath/Anger

E N G L I S h

e l p m a ex

The words for: st o m

th e

derived from them

are

are

Ex. Ex.

ox, cow, calf, sheep

beef, veal, mutton, pork

In

be

he t e cam

whose By the end

was

the emerged as the

Now call

began around

One change occurred

Change for

also changed

V E Loveth

Loves

R

Has

B S

Hath

Auxiliary verbs

he is risen

he has risen

Since the have entered coined over

Some Languages that have contributed words to English include:

Even with all these borrowings

The heart of the language

remains

Anglo-Saxon

of

Old English Only about

They include the basic building blocks Household words

5000 Words

Parts of the body

from this period

Common animals

have remained unchanged

Most pronouns Prepositions Conjunctions Auxiliary verbs

many people believe

Is the richest of the world's languages

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